Winner takes all: Caroline Halliwell, a student at Edinburgh College of Art, triumphed in an Italian film poster competition as part of Italian Film Festival Scotland. The students were asked to produce works that were inspired by some of the great Italian films and Caroline was inspired by Antonioni’s L’avventura (screened as part of a special evening at Valvona & Crolla VinCaffè). The judges included Filmhouse’s programmer Rod White and Edinburgh International Film Festival director Chris Fujiwara. Caroline received an “unlimited” pass to see

Boom … boom: Gianna Maria Canale  plays Alberto Sordi’s wife in Vittorio De Sica’s Il boom, part of this year’s classic choice in the Italian Film Festival Scotland – and then on DVD through Studio Canal. The screening and release celebrates the film’s 50th anniversary. Watch out here soon for a complete list of titles at Edinburgh Filmhouse and Glasgow Film Theatre as well as Dundee DCA and Inverness Eden Court. The Festival runs from 13 to 26 April 2012.

The Italian Film Festival in Scotland 2011 has recorded one of the most successful events in its 18 year history. The Festival has attracted sell-out audiences to a wide range of titles including Gennaro Nunziante’s immensely popular comedy What A Beautiful Day/Che bella giornata, Paulo Virzi’s bittersweet The First Beautiful Thing/La prima cosa bella and the thriller The Girl By The Lake/La ragazza del lago which formed part of the Festival focus on actor Toni Servillo. ” We are immensely